As I embark on my journey of creating my first nodejs app, I encountered an error when attempting to transfer a portion of my code to an external JavaScript file. The specific piece of code I am trying to move is the mongodb schema declaration:
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var Schema = mongoose.Schema;
//--------------------users ------------
var usersSchema = new Schema({
email: String,
name: String,
phoneNumber: String,
BirthDate: Date,
loginpwd:String
});
var UserModel = mongoose.model('users', usersSchema);
To load the external file, I am utilizing the filesystem module:
fs.readdirSync(__dirname+'/models').forEach(function(filename){
if (~filename.indexOf('.js'))
require(__dirname+'/models/'+ filename);
console.log(filename+" added");
});
However, upon separating the code, a problem arises where I receive an "undefined UserModel" error:
var userData = new UserModel({email : req.body.edtEmail,
name: req.body.edtName,
phoneNumber: req.body.edtPhoneNumber,
BirthDate: req.body.edtBirthDate,
loginpwd: req.body.edtSenha});
// save user data to database
userData.save(function(err, record){
if(err) throw err;
// session setting
req.session.userEmail = req.body.edtEmail;
req.session.name = req.body.edtName;
req.session.phoneNumber = req.body.edtPhoneNumber;
req.session.birthDate = req.body.edtBirthDate;
req.session.userId = record._id;
res.redirect('/dashboard');
});
On the other hand, the following code functions properly whether it is inline or within the main file:
app.get('/users/json', function(req, res){
mongoose.model('users').find(function(err, users){
res.send(users);
});
});
I wonder if I am making an error in loading the external file or perhaps overlooking something significant?